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Move Your 1Password Database to Strongbox: Import File Attachments, Custom Fields and More

Strongbox is now more reliable than ever when importing 1Password databases, with improved handling of file attachments, custom fields, tags, and folder structures. Introduction When you migrate from 1Password to
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CVE-2023-24055 Vulnerability Update

Security researchers have recently discovered a vulnerability in the Windows KeePass app that could allow attackers to obtain stored passwords in cleartext. The bug has been dubbed CVE-2023-24055. The Strongbox
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How To Use KeePass on Your iPhone, iPad & Mac

What is KeePass? KeePass is a password manager that can securely store passwords, login credentials and other personal information that you need to remember. It’s also an open source file
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馃嚞馃嚪 螝伪位蠋蟼 萎蟻胃蔚蟼 螘位位维未伪!

You can now use Strongbox in Greek. Update your app to version 1.58.3 to take advantage. A big thank you to John Spiropoulos for providing the Greek localisation. Let us
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Introducing Strongbox Universal

Strongbox is now a universal App. This means it runs on both iOS and macOS, and it also means you only need one license to take advantage of all Pro
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馃嚨馃嚤 Witaj Polsko!

Strongbox (1.55.7) has just been localised into Polish with the help of our wonderful Polish L10n expert! (Dzi臋kuj臋 艁ukasz!) We hope this makes things a little more convenient for you
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Strongbox Newsletter #3

Note: This is issue 3 of our newsletter (of November 24th 2021) sent out to our subscribers by mail every now and then. Interested to hear news and updates about
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Welcome 1Password Refugees

Just take me to the 1Password to KeePass migration steps… Introduction We have received much correspondence over the last month or so from some very anxious 1Password users. The news
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Duress PIN – What is it and why would I need it?

So what is this Duress PIN thing and how does it work? The name gives it away, let’s look at a dictionary definition of duress: Note: The Duress PIN Feature
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WebDAV and SFTP now available on MacOS

Strongbox now supports WebDAV and SFTP on MacOS. These new storage providers have been much requested because they provide the ability to host your own KeePass database on your own
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Strongbox Newsletter #2

This is issue 2 of our newsletter (April 26th 2021) sent out to our subscribers by mail every now and then. Interested to hear news and updates about Strongbox, KeePass, Password Management and the wider InfoSec world.
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Syncing with a Synology NAS

It seems that Synology released an update (version 5.15.0 on April 13th 2021) to their DS File App which appears to be problematic for users who use the “Files” method
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Interview with Strongbox Founder on Safety Detectives

Recently our founder, Mark, sat down (virtually) for an interview with Aviva Zacks over at Safety Detectives. In this short piece he speaks about the origins of Strongbox, how the
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Ol谩 Portugu锚s do Brasil! Strongbox is now available in Brazilian Portuguese 馃嚙馃嚪

Strongbox (1.52.9) has just been localised into Brazilian Portuguese (PT-BR) with the help of our wonderful Brazilian L10n expert! (Obrigado Wolfgang!) We hope this makes things a little more comfortable
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Offline Editing

Strongbox on iOS now supports Offline Editing. Previously it was only possible to view your database while offline but now it’s possible to add, remove, edit and reorganise your database
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Advanced Sync and Auto-Merge (iOS)

With the release of Strongbox 1.51.0 comes (finally) the much requested “Advanced Sync” feature. We wrote about this a little in our previous update about Compare & Merge. It is
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Strongbox Newsletter #1

This is issue number 1 of our newsletter (Jan 26th 2021) sent out to our subscribers by mail every now and then. Interested to hear news and updates about Strongbox, KeePass, Password Management and the wider InfoSec world
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Hallo Nederland! – Strongbox now available in Dutch

Strongbox (1.52.0) has just been localized into Dutch with the help of a wonderfully dedicated volunteer (Thank you!) We hope this makes things a lot more comfortable and apologies for
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Compare & Merge (iOS)

Preview in new tab A key component required for developing the Advanced Sync feature (coming soon) is the ability to compare databases and then to merge them. It’s quite a
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Ahoj 膶esko! Hello Czech Speakers

Strongbox has just been localized into Czech with the help of S474N who managed the localization in record time and has done a wondeful job, we hope you’ll agree! Czech
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